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Consignment Inventory
Read more: Consignment InventoryConsignment inventory is inventory that is owned by a vendor but stocked in your storeroom and you pay for the items as you consume them. The advantage is that you don’t pay for what you don’t use, you don’t pay at the point in time you receive the item, providing a cash flow advantage, and…
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Meter Based PMs and PM Hierarchies
Read more: Meter Based PMs and PM HierarchiesLearn about Meter Based PMs including mixed Time and Meter PMs. Learn about PM Hierarchies.
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Quiz – Meters, Meter Groups and Condition Monitoring
Read more: Quiz – Meters, Meter Groups and Condition MonitoringNow you have listened to the podcast, try your luck with the quiz.
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Quiz – Service Address
Read more: Quiz – Service AddressNow you have listened to the podcast, try your luck with the quiz.
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Quiz – Location Types and Location Systems
Read more: Quiz – Location Types and Location SystemsNow you have listened to the podcast, try your luck with the quiz.
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Preventive Maintenance – Time Based
Read more: Preventive Maintenance – Time BasedLearn about time based Preventive Maintenance, a first step before meter-based PMs, PM hierarchies, and PM Forecasting which we will cover later.
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Master PM
Read more: Master PMLearn about Master PMs a template for frequency based Preventive Maintenance (PM) records. We also consider Master PMs used with Asset Templates.
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Routes and Collections
Read more: Routes and CollectionsLearn about two similar applications Routes and Collections and when you would use one or the other.
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Job Plans
Read more: Job PlansLearn about Job Plans, the template for a work order. Sorry, there’s no room to squeeze in Dynamic Job Plans.
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Calendars, Shifts and People/Crew Availability
Read more: Calendars, Shifts and People/Crew AvailabilityLearn about one of the first steps in Planning and Scheduling Maturity, availability. Calendars and Shifts are defined before modifying the work periods to define People/Crew Availability.
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Crew Types, Crews and Crew Work Groups
Read more: Crew Types, Crews and Crew Work GroupsLearn about Crew Types, Crews and how Crew Work Groups fit in. If multiple technicians or engineers normally work together then crews are used, it is not just for utilities.
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Craft, Labor and Qualifications
Read more: Craft, Labor and QualificationsLearn about three of the applications in the Resources module, Crafts, Labor, and Qualifications and how they work together.
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People and Person Groups
Read more: People and Person GroupsLearn about two of the applications in the Resources module which are considered core data and likely to be used by all Maximo clients, People and Person Groups.
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Asset Relationships
Read more: Asset RelationshipsLearn about the Relationships application when not used in conjunction with linear assets. Learn how relationships can be added between an asset and another asset or a location.
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Location and Asset Status
Read more: Location and Asset StatusLearn that while locations and assets share a common set of values, how you might modify this. Learn the differences between changing status on locations and assets, and what happens to the asset status if it is moved between sites.